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today, I had to attend to several things and had to buy some tools to help me in this build. but I did get some work done...
Chose the hardest and densest wood I have in stock, cut them to pieces and started handplane work. first I got them to the correct thickness and width.
had to remove a lot, enough to fill a trash can, now that the loose tenon is in proper size, I can round off the corners.
and they do fit tight, it actually pops when you pull them off.
tomorrow I cut them to size and get some other work done...
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what? I forgot to take pictures of them? 😮
well I did the stretchers, cut the tenons to size and dry-fitted them with the legs. looks like this now...
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today, I managed some work on this...
started by laying-out the lines where I need the hold down screws to be...
drilled a hole a little more than 1/4" deep with a forstner bit (it is for the screw head to be recessed)
then I drill a second hole (10mm) that will go thru for the screw to pass.
all done.
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now, I installed the stretchers in place, making sure everything is squared. then with the hole already in the leg, I use it as a guide and drill through the stretcher.
and deepen the hole on the stretcher...
the stretchers then get another hole on the bottom portion to receive the nut.
square the end...
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and finish the cut...
the screws are 5" long so make sure you got the correct depth...
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assembly naman should be straightforward... the screw goes thru..
and is caught by the nut on the other end...
make sure there is a washer on both ends.
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two ends now installed...
one side complete...
putting it back, it still fits... 🙂
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three projects at the same time kaya medyo na delay ng konti...
time for an update...
rounded all the corners on the rt...
sanded the feet arcs clean...
cut the cross members and rounded too. the stretchers gets rounded on two corners only since it will get arabbeted pa...
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no glue yet, still need to decide whether I use plywood for the shelves or slats...
but it is solid, sat on one of the stretchers, can carry my weight... 69kls.
I have also added the cross members for the stretchers...
so far everything is in correct position, correct measurement and proper alignment and squared...
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Looking great Timber. One question: why don't you use a mortising jig with a router?
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Looking great Timber. One question: why don't you use a mortising jig with a router?
which one? mortise pal?... medyo mahal, FMT would be mush nicer but even more expensive. there is a jr FMT though. been contemplating about it. but now I need a thicnesser first...
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Actually I was thinking of a homemade one.
Yeah a thicknesser is one of my "indispensables". Just used mine the other weekend.
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update tayo ng konti.
got both shelf rabbeted and the center piece cut(decided on plywood since it won't affect the strength and durability). glued and clamped...
from here I need to shave the excess to level the corners flush...
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started by handplaning across the grain with my trusty no.5 stanley(handplane).
when I am about half a mm to the plywood level, I stop.
and continue with a no.4 (smoothing handplane)
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until it is almost flush with the plywood.
from here its sanding, sanding and sanding until everything if flush and level.
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